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October 20, 2017
Preparing to Launch a Jane Austen Parody
Two weeks ago, I shared the book blurb for Lady Catherine Says: 365 Tweets of Condescension (available in print from Amazon and Createspace this December.) Now, for some more details!
July of 2017 marked the 200-year anniversary of Jane Austen’s death. Understandably, many Austenites are thinking about our dear Jane at this time. Finishing my book in the year of this anniversary was, sadly, a happy* accident. BUT, releasing it the week of Jane’s 242nd birthday will not be.
As of this postin...
October 13, 2017
Social Media Advice for Writers
I’m going to hazard a guess: I bet that most of the people following my blog right now are writers. Am I right (if I’m not, please tell me so in the comments!)? If you are, I’m going to make another guess: I’m betting that at least 3/4 of the writers here are looking to get published (again, comments.) And perhaps a smaller percentage already have something out there and they’re looking to market it, build their brand/online presence, etc.
I’ve been reading a lot of books on brand, social med...
October 6, 2017
Book Blurb Reveal
Lady Catherine Says: 365 Tweets of Condescension…It’s almost here! To whet your appetite for the novelty book, here’s the jacket blurb. Enjoy…
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Cover reveal in November! Book release mid-December.
Keep your pen on the page,
Beth
October 2, 2017
My Author Pic
Reality is setting in: I have another book coming out! *hyperventilates* … *just a little*
Here’s the author pic I had taken today at Studio Q in Amherst:
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I like my “mug” shot, too (the one with me, ya know, sipping from my mug.) But it was time to update things.
Keep your pen on the page,
Beth
September 29, 2017
My Target Audience: A Heads Up
Part of the writing journey involves figuring out your target audience–well, it is if you want to be read, which I do. The answer to “Who is my audience?” has taken me YEARS to figure out…probably because I haven’t tried very hard. I’m still not certain if I have a grasp of it or not.
I’ve found her, I think. Yes, her. She’s a thirty-five-year-old woman, single, self-employed and self-motivated, is involved with the kids in her life, even though they aren’t her own.
That isn’t to say that she...
September 22, 2017
Hail Hybrid
The road to being a hybrid author is an interesting one. Okay, let me back up and explain what exactly a hybrid author is–in case anyone’s wondering.
A hybrid author is an author who is both traditionally published and self-published. I have one book out with a small press (In a Pickle is out with MuseItUp), and I have a novel coming out with another small press (details to follow at a later date.) Now I’m releasing Lady Catherine Says… (December 2017) along with the print version of In a Pic...
September 15, 2017
Life Lesson #1
Do not compare yourself and your success to others. It will just make you a bitter (and miserable) person.
You are you. You have your own talents and resources. If someone has more success at something than you do, do not wallow. They are them. They have their own talents and resources.
Work with what you got and…
Keep your pen on the page,
Beth
September 8, 2017
Hodge Podge
Greetings!
This is going to be a random post, because my life is very random sometimes…or seemingly so. What follows is a hodge podge of things on my brain. Bear with.
I have seen cover art for Lady Catherine Says: 365 Tweets of Condescension, and it is GLORIOUS! Jenny is doing such a fabulous job. Squee! So excited here. Edits are pretty much done for the same book mentioned above. I want to go over it a least once more, just to be sure. In a Pickle (print) is formatted and ready to be proo...September 1, 2017
In a Pickle: Print Cover Reveal
Later this year (November or December), I’ll be releasing the print version of In a Pickle on Amazon. The cover was not an easy decision. There were many cool designs, but in the end, I went with the practical (and the one I liked a lot):
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As I write this, the book is still in need of formatting (I’ve started; there are maybe seventy pages left to do.) Excitement!
Keep your pen on the page,
Beth
August 25, 2017
W-wait! Did You Hear Something?
…I think it came from the boiler room!
Okay, enough teasing/weirding around. The anthology my story’s in is available for pre-order from Amazon: Tales From the Boiler Room. That’s the e-book version. Print should be available soon as well 
